By a 22-16 vote, the Senate passed and sent to the Assembly a bill known as S-2515. An identical bill, A-3269, has been introduced in the Assembly. That legislation would confer the title of “Acting Justice” on any judge of ...
Last night, the Morris County Bar Association presented “New Jersey Appellate Practice: Tips from the Bench and Bar.” The program and participants were discussed here. Roughly 125 people attended, and everyone learned some new things and heard again some familiar things. ...
In September 2013, the Morris County Bar Association presented a seminar titled “Building the Trial Record and Arguing it on Appeal.” The panelists were Justice Patterson, Judges Sabatino, Stern, and Axelrad, and me. The MCBA got such a favorable response ...
On March 25, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education will present this seminar. Details and registration information can be found here. I am a panelist, in the extremely distinguished company of Justice Patterson, Judge Stern (ret.), and Judge ...
Risko v. Thompson Muller Automotive Group, Inc., 206 N.J. 506 (2011). This case came to the Supreme Court because of improper remarks made by plaintiff’s counsel in his trial summation. The case was a slip and fall that caused plaintiff’s ...
Last night, I attended the retirement dinner for Judge Stern, who turned 70 last week. Among the over 300 attendees were current and former Supreme Court Justices, sitting and retired judges of other courts, Governor Brendan Byrne, and many lawyers ...
Today, Judge Stern reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Accordingly, Chief Justice Rabner appointed Judge Wefing, the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division, to the seat that Judge Stern had filled. Judge Wefing is expected to serve until Governor Christie ...
Perrelli v. Pastorelle, 206 N.J. 193 (2011); Voss v. Tranquilino, 206 N.J. 93 (2011). Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided two cases involving two different sub-sections of N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4.5. Both cases ultimately involved the question of whether reading the statute literally ...
O Builders & Associates, Inc. v. Yuna Corp., 206 N.J. 109 (2011). In 2004, the Supreme Court adopted Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18. As it relates to the case decided today, that Rule deals with a lawyer’s ability to represent ...
State v. W.B., 205 N.J. 588 (2011). After some twists and turns, recounted here, Justice Rivera-Soto stated that he would vote in cases where Judge Stern, who has been temporarily assigned to the Supreme Court, sat, except where Judge Stern cast the ...